Building-block.



PATENTED MAR. 13

A.K LAY. BUILDING BLOCK. ArRLmATIo'n FILED MAY 8, 1905.

Witnesses 1 inaiwwfq Inventor Attorneys I ST T P T, O F -f i sulrouie-sroox. i I

a No.- 815,097.-

To all whom it nmy concer n:

Be it known that 1, ANDREW KLAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bluffton,

, in the county ofAllen and State of Ohio, have" invented a new "and useful Building- Block, of 'which the following is a specification. r

This invention i-elatesfti-building blocks; and its object is to roduce a new'anduseful' form of block whic is; capable of being conveniently handled in the erection of walls and constructedto enable the binding of adand-the mortar is not subjected to the v aging eflects of the weather..

jacent blocks by a amount of'mortar which is not ex osed at the joints, whereby anattractive orm of wall 1s produced,

A further ob'ect of the invention is to construct the bloc so that'a plurality'of blocks 'may be assembled-in relatively compact rela t 10n in a wall and at the same time produce dead-air spaces therein for the excluslon of frost, dam ness, and the like. -Moreover,

the block 1s constructed to have the. rela-. tively broad bearin so as to obtain the depresent invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts, aswill be herein after more fully'described, shown in the accompanyin'g. drawings, and particularly pointed out inthe appended-claims, it being "understood that changes in the form, proporftlon, size, and minor details may bemade I tongue-and-groove connectionbetween,adjawithin the sco e of the. claims. withoutdeparting from t e s irit orsacrificing any of.

the advantages of t e invention. )7 n In the accompanying drawings, Fi re 1 is a plan section of a-corner portion 0 a wall,

'showingthemanner of unitin one side of a Windowframe with the building blocks of v the present invention. Fig.2 is a similar view showing a difierent arrangement of corner-blocks. "Fig. '3 'is a cross sectional view on the line 3 3 of'Fig. 1.- Fig. 4 is a detail perspective view of a building-block: of the resent invention. 5' is an enlarged agmentary sectional 'viewillustrating the cent blocks.

Like characters of reference designate corf Specification of Letters fatent. -Application flled'lay 8.19%. Serial No. 259,418. I

dam-' form r drical lea-tented lilarch 1 3, 1906.

the drawings;

responding parts'in each and every figure of Referring at first more particularly to 4 of the drawings, it will be. seen that the present block includes a rectangular preferably oblong, body1 1,-which-is provided midway of its'ends wit a lateral extension 2, which is :flush with the top and bottom faces of the bod of the block. Throu bout the top face of t eblock and'midway 'etween its oppo site sldes extends a longitudinal groove or channel 3,. the side walls of which converge downwardly, as ,clearl shown in- Fig. 3, the

ends o'fthe groove or 0 anne] intersecting the opposite ends of the block. Upon the under face of the block there is a. pendent longitudinal rib 4, substantially corresponding in size andshapeto' the groove or-channel 3, with the exception that thechannel is somewhat.

deeper than the rib. In the upper face of .the pro ection 2 there is a groove or channel 5,

parallel to the groove or channel 3, and upon i the under side of the projection or extension there is a rib 6 corresponding tothe channel 5. In the extension 2 there is an air-chamber 7 ,which has its inner end closed and its outer-end opening through-the outer end of the extension. In each" end of the .block there is an upright substantially semicylinoove 8,'which intersects the channel Sand-t erib4.

" In the erection of a wall, as exhibited in Figs. 1,. 2, and 3, it is made two blocks in thickness, the blocks of each wall-section being arranged end to end, so as to have their upright grooves 8 registeror mate, and the wall-sections are arranged to break j0ints that is tofsay, the extensions 7 are located 0 posite the joints of the respective other wa l sectionsthe two sections being separated by a longitudinal interspace which produces,

a-dead-air. space. Theblocks are of course placed one upon the other with the extension of each block lying upon the extension of the next below block in the o posite wall-section with the ribs of one bloc fitting in the corresponding channels of the other block, a

suitablequantity of mortar (shown at 9 in n Fig. 3 of the drawings) being previously placed.

in the 'channels 3 and 5. The quantity of mortar employed should be suflicient to fill the space between the bottom of'each rib and the bottom of the channel which receives the rib,- so as not to be displaced from the channel when the'blocks are assembled, whereby no I the faces of the blocks come into mutual contact and the mortar is not exposed at the joints between the blocks. This feature of not exposing the mortar is very important in that it not only presents an attractive form of wall, but houses and protects the mortar a ainst the damaging eflects of the weather. Tie upright sockets produced by the registered upright grooves 8 are filled with mortar, so as to bind to ether the ends of abutted blocks and at 't e same time to close the joints between the ends of the blocks. When the blocks are thus assembled in a wall, there is a relatively large dead-air s ace between the inner and outer sections of t ewall, which effectually excludes frost, dampness, and the like. The blocks of one section are not only interlocked throu hout that section by means of the tongue-am -groove or riband-channel connections, but the two sections are interlocked b meansof the extensions 2, as most clearly' ustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings, which effectually revents any tendency of the wall-sections bulging outward or separating, whereby the walls are maintained true and not liable to get out of plumb.

The'pur ose of the air-spaces 7 in the extensions 2 1s to bring the dead-air space well into the centers of the respective blocks, so as to repel frost and dampness before the latter can entirely'penetrate the block.

To enable the convenient settin up of window-frames in connection with t e present form of wall, it is proposed to provide relatively large vertical groovesor seats 10 in the exposed ends of those blocks which define the window-openings, as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, said grooves or seats being designed to receive upright wooden strips 11 and 12, to which the window frame or jamb 13 is nailed, the usual parting-strip 14 and blind-stop 15 being secured to the frame 13 and the sashes 16 and 17 arranged to run between the partin -strip 14 and the blind-stop 15 and back of t e parting-strip in the usual manner. In connection with this mounting of the window-frame it will be noted that the portion of :the dead-air space between the wall-sections adjacent the wind ow-frame constitutes a chamber for the reception of the usual sash-weights, which have been indi- 'cated at 18.

. Having fully described the invention,'what is claimed is 1. A building-block provided in one face with a longitudinal channel and upon its op posite face with a longitudinal rib correspondin in size and shape to the channel, the channe exceeding therib in depth, there beinfg apl first-mentioned rib, the rib of the extension corresponding substantially in size and shape to the channel thereof with the channel exceeding the rib in depth.

2. A wall including'sections separated by a vertical interspace, each section being made up of superimposed blocks having intermediate lateral extensions flush with the tops and bottoms of the blocks and resting u )(m the extensionsof the re pective next below blocks of the other wall-section, each extension being shorter than the width of the space between the wall-sections.

3. A wall including sections separated by a vertical interspace, each section being made up of superimposed blocks having intermediate lateral extensions flush with the tops and bottoms of the blocks and resting upon the extensions of the respective next below blocks of the other wall-section; each extension being shorter than the width of the space between the wall-sections, and a socket and projection interlocking connection between the adjacent extensions.

4. A wall made of blocks having their upright ends abutted in mutual contact and provided with registering grooves, which are closed by the contacting ends of the blocks and mortar filling the grooves only.

5. A building-block rovidcd with an intermediate extension w "ch is flush with the top and bottom of the block and is provided in one horizontal. face with a channel disposed longitudinall of the block and upon its other horizontal ace with arib corresponding to the channel.

6., A building-block having an intermediate lateral extension flush with its top and bottom faces, said extension being provided with an air chamber o ening outwardly throu h the outer end of t e extension.

7. i buildin -block rovided in one horizontal face wit a longitudinal channel 0 en at opposite ends, the other horizontal ace being provided with a longitudinal rib corresponding to the channel, the ends of the block being provided with upright grooves, and an intermediate lateral extension flush with the top and bottom of the block, one

.horizontal face of the extension being pro vided with a channel substantially parallel with the first-mentioned channel, the opposite face of the extension being provided with a rib substantially parallel with the firstmentioned rib, and the extension being provided with an air-chamber opening through the outer end of the extension.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ANDREW KLAY.

Witnesses:

-FRANK A. EATON,

G. H. LEWIS.

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